The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-01

AsrEkL stern post for the cruiser CT aries
ton has been successfully cast in SaA Fran
cisco.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ROBERTSON, Of
Indiana, has been elected president Of tho
State Board Of Equalization over Governor
Gray.
NEWPORT, one Of the alleged Wyandotte
train-wreckers On trial at Paola, Kan,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter In the
second degree.
FRANCIS b. LOOMS has been elected
president Of the Dayton, Fort Wayne &
Chicago railway. This road will issue
S, SOC, 600 bonds and be leased to the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton.
The Pacific coast branch Of the Ameri-
can Shipping and Industrial League has
adopted resolutions favoriug bountles for
reviving the merchant marine and calling
for coast defenses.
l.. H. PORE, employed in the Chicago
water department, has embezzied between
6, 600 and "a, OO0 and disappeared.
The master plumbers in session in Chi
cago have adopted new rules for appren-
tees.
SEVEN Of the Jage-s ice buildings in Co
lumbus, O., burned the other afternoon,
| with loss on baik1ings and stock OF 81,
600; Insurance, $780,
THE National Game and Fish Protective
Association held its annual meeting In
Chicago on the I'D, delegates being present
from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri
| and Illinois Il was decided to take active
| steps to secure protective legislation in the
| several States.
JAMES and Thomas Kendall. two broth
eqs. were struck by lightning and instantly
\ killed at Huntingburg, Ind, during q
storm the other evening.
1 THE directors Of the St Paul & Duluth
! railroad have declared Q semi-annual
| dividend Of 81 per cent
REV. NICHOLAS MATT has been appointed
| by the Pope as the coadjutor Of the Bishop
Of Denver, Col.
| An examination of the condition Of the
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati on the I'D
showed that the liabilities would reach the
stupendous suit of e, 600 900. Harper seemed
| to have been guilty Of the widest specular
tions. The assets Of the bank were un-
known for certain, but were thought to be
small
| THE other morning FIVE men boarded the
4 lis q m. Grand Trunk train, at Fort
Gratiot, Mich, and held up the passengers
Several lost what money they had and one
man lost $780, Three Of the supposed rob
bers were arrested.
NATHAN DAVIS, Probate Judge Of ELL
County, Kan, is reported missing with de
falcations amounting to 5000.
MEssRs WHITLEY, FAssLER & KELLEY, the
reaper manufacturers of Springfield, o..
have failed. Assets and liabilities un
known.
FIRE in Wilmington, Ill, tho other day
destroyed the Chicago & Alton depot and
freight house. an elevator filled with grain
q warehouse and several houses and cars
Loss, $4,000.
NEGOTIATIONS are said to be in progress
for the removal of the great works Of the
Uuited States Rolling Stock Company from
Urbana, O., to Decatur, Ala.
AT the recent commencement at Buchte
College, Akron, O., John r. Buchtel, it.
founder, made an additional gift Of $l15,0U
to the college.
J. W. WILTSHIRE, the broker, has beer
placed under arrest for completely In thu
Fidelity Bank frauds.
TIE jury in the case of Cora Lee, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Sarah Graham a
Springfield, Mo-, were unable to agree OF
verdict and were discharged on the Sd
They stood eight for conviction and foul
for acQuittal.
The notorious murderer. Quinn Bohan
non, escaped from the Jail at Nebrasks
City, Neb., recently.
THE annual convention of the Order o.
Elks began in Detroit, Mich, on the 24tl
with 1.5OO members present.
FIRE IN Wstertown, WIS, the other morn
ing destroyed the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul rolling mills, causing q loss o
s15O, 200.
A TRAIN on the Wabash mangled three
men near Mexico, Mo-, recently. They hat
stepped from the track OF the Chicago
Alton, which runs parallel, to avoid q trail
when the accident happened.
LOUIS KENNEDY & Co., commission ant
grain merchants Of Cincinnati, assigned OF
the oath to James Pettibone. The liabilities
were said to be sl5O,OOO, with assets o
$4,000. Kennedy was reported to be il
the Chicago wheat deal and was heav,
indorser of Fidelity Bank paper.
BENJAMIN s. WHEELER, the aged Clevo
land millionaire accused of wife murder
was acquitted.
FIRE in Dayton, W. T., recently destroyed
$115, 600 worth of property, including abou
dozen stores.
THE S0UTH.